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Meika gafu

(Japanese)
postface: 1814 (Bunka 11); preface: 1812 (Bunka 9)
Medium/Techniquewoodblock printed book; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 27.9 x 18.9 cm (11 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number2019.1129
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)
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